genes

Super Ninja wrote:
>> I heard that there's a lot of our DNA that we don't know it's purpose.
> and since long term memory is stored protien, that this "useless" DNA
> could possibly be memory that has beened passed on from older
> generations. For instance, the long term memory that our oldest
> ancestors stored during their lifetime, may now be stored in our DNA.
> Could this really happen?
Dear Super Ninja,
Yes - now it all makes sense:
The comparatively high gene density observed in some fish
and their correspondingly low quota of junk DNA would account
for their inability to remember very much.
Guy.
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PS. Here is some freshly sequenced junk human DNA ready for analysis
>junk.seq
GCGAACTGTATAGAAAATACGTAAGAGGGATATCCGACAATAGCAAACAGCTAGCCACGA
GAATGCGAAGAGGATGAAGACTGAACACACGAGTAAGGCCGCGAGGAAAAATGATGTATC
GTAATATTAATAAGCGCGACCATTCAGAACTGAACACATGAGAACTGAACGCACGAATAA
AGACAAATGGCCAACTGAGAAATGCCAATACGTGAGTGAGCGAACGATTAAACCCATGAA
TAATTAATCTTCGAGTGACAGTTCTGATGTCACAGAATAAGCACATAGCTAGCCACCGAA
AGATGACAAAATTAGACACACGAAAGAGAATGATGGGCCAGCTAAACACACGCCACGTGA
GACGAATTTGAAGCGACGTAAGCGACATAGCACGCCTCGACCATAAATGGCAGCTGAAAC
GAAGTAGAAAGAACGCACGAATTGGAAAGCAGCTAAGAAAACGGCTTGGCCAATGACTAA
TGGCAAAACTAAACCCACGAATGATGGCAGAGGTTGGACTAGTGCGTACCATAAATAAAC
TGAAACATAAACGAGACTGAGGAAAACTAAAGCATANNNACCTATTAGAGCATANNN